In 2022, the highest increase in the number of accounts exposed in data breaches was in Indonesia, nearly 270 percent year-over-year. Sri Lanka ranked second, with an increase of over 200 percent, while Russia followed, registering around 190 percent increase in breaches. Despite these countries seeing a significant increase in the number of leaked accounts, between 2021 and 2022, the global number of accounts breached decreased by 67.6 percent year-over-year.
Countries with the highest year-over-year increase in the number of exposed accounts worldwide from 2021 to 2022
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